Hi Maurice and Colleen,
My understanding from the Aura small group TIA discussion (which was super small, meaning just me!) was that the staff needs council direction on what assumptions to make or what inputs are needed for additional requested analysis… How is this
being facilitated/how is this moving forward?
I think we need a couple of things:
1. We need to put in other nearby parcels who are going to redevelop somewhat soon to see what happens… if Aura is taking all the available density in terms of transit and we break the traffic model once the Rummel property and YMCA do anything,
then that’s a problem.
2. We need to understand which areas are going to an F for how long and at what time of day… all F’s are not the same, so if there’s 30 minutes at some midday time where the traffic model shows an F, that’s different than an F all morning, for
example.
3. We need to understand what assumptions about infrastructure are being made and who is paying… if the applicant is relying on BRT and the town doing some traffic mitigation in the future, that’s different than what currently exists. If traffic
only works with future improvements, then how can we make our possible approval contingent upon those things happening? Maybe there are phases where when certain things happen in the future they automatically get to move their next phase?
Thanks,
Jess
